Course Content (translated):
- Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment, renewable energy communities, and climate finance tools.
- Energy storage and the various applicable technologies.
- Characteristics and potential of hydrogen as an energy carrier and storage medium.
- Electricity generation from renewable energy sources:
- Concentrated Solar Power (parabolic trough systems, solar towers, parabolic dish systems);
- Photovoltaic systems;
- Wind systems;
- Hydropower and mini-hydro plants.
- Electricity generation from fissile material.
- Hydrogen production from renewable sources:
- Electrolytic production;
- Thermochemical production;
- Photochemical and photosynthetic production.
- Low or near-zero emission conversion technologies:
- Hydrogen production from fossil sources through reforming and gasification;
- Syngas purification and carbon dioxide capture.
- Technologies for the energy use of biomass and urban/industrial solid waste.
- Hydrogen utilization technologies:
- Power-to-fuel;
- Use of hydrogen in internal combustion engines;
- Systems based on direct steam generators;
- Fuel cells for stationary, portable, and transport applications;
- Hybrid FC-TG systems (Fuel Cell–Gas Turbine).
- Use of the Aspen thermochemical simulation software.
